Vineland social worker charged with sexual assault of alternative school student

BRIDGETON — A social worker employed by the Vineland School District at the Success Building alternative school has been charged with having a sexual relationship with a teenage student.

Stacy L. Johnson, 44, from Bridgeton, was charged Tuesday with two counts of second-degree sexual assault for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old student in Vineland on Feb. 1, and later at her Manheim Avenue home on May 1, when the student was 17.

She also faces third-degree tampering with a witness, as she allegedly attempted to stop the victim from speaking to police once she learned of the investigation.

Johnson was lodged in Cumberland County Jail on $100,000 bail following her arrest Wednesday morning.

However, an official from the jail’s admissions office stated today that she has since been released.

The Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office is now handling the investigation.

"There is no allegation that any crime occurred on public school property," said Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae in a statement. "The Vineland Public School Disctrict system has fully cooperated in this investigation."